PPB February 2016

QUESTION

George Jackson

Owner

George Jackson Promotions

UPIC: GJPRO

The first place to look for informa-

tion and assistance is your regional asso-

ciation. Most regionals have a legislative

chairperson, someone on the board or a

volunteer who monitors the PPAI Law

emails and assists in helping members

with product safety and other legislative

issues. They can be a distributor or sup-

plier, and they have had the training

necessary to assist you in whatever

changes and adaptations you may need

to make concerning your website, your

employees and overall product safety.

The second place to look is the PPAI

Government Relations Advisory

Committee (GRAC). The members of

this committee are the direct contacts

with PPAI concerning product safety and

legislative issues. We are both distributors

and suppliers, and we work together for

all regional and PPAI members. The con-

tact info is available from PPAI. I am

both a legislative chairman for Three

Rivers Advertising Specialty Association

(TRASA) and a GRAC member, and I

am always available to assist and answer

any questions for all PPAI and regional

association members. The third place to

get information is through Tim Brown at

PPAI, as he is the “product safety guru”

and will be able to answer your questions.

A Distributor Asks:

As a small distributor, I feel a bit overwhelmed about product

responsibility and where to start with a product responsibility

program. It seems like there’s so much to know and I’m not sure

where to start or how to scale up, and I can’t afford to hire some-

one specifically for this purpose. How have other small distribu-

tors approached or started product responsibility programs?

PRODUCT RESPONSIBILITY

STEP BY STEP

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